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(No Model.)

' W. H. REDINGTON.

I MUOILAGE BOTTLE. No. 311,849 Patented Feb. 8, 1885.

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IVIUCI LAGE-BOTTLE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.311,849, dated February 3, 1885.

Application filed November 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. REDING- TON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles for Mucilage and Similar Matters; and I do hereby declare. that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accon'ipanying drawings, and to the let ters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to bottles intended more particularly for holding mucilage and for daily use in connection .with a brush.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in such bottles by which a uniform depth of mucilage may be maintained at a point where the brush enters the same without reference to the quantity of mucilage in the bottle, and in such a construction to also provide for readily filling the bottle when its contents are exhausted, and for cleaning out the passage for the brush when obstructed by the accumulation of dried mucilage upon its walls.

To these ends the invention consists, essentially, in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a glass bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a central detach ed vertical section of the central tube which affords a passage for the brush and which li mits the depth of the mucilage below it.

A is a vessel, which will usually be of glass, but may be of any suitable material, and which may also be of the form here shown in the drawings, or of any other preferred or desired form adapted for the purpose. The said bottle A is provided with a wide mouth at its top,

- and a vertical annular flange forming a neck,

bottles for desk use this will ordinarily be about half an inch. The said tube has an annular flange or rim, B, which, as shown, is constructed to extend over and rest upon the mouth of the bottle. Said rim B, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is provided with an annular depending flange, 1), around its outer edge, which sets down over the outer surface of the neck a of the bottle, and is removably secured to said neck by being interiorly screw-threaded to fit a corresponding thread upon the neck.

The particular construction herein shown for forming a screw-threaded connection between the tubeB and the bottle is not essential to the operation of the invention, and such threaded connection may be formed by screwthreads upon the exterior of the tube and the interior of the neck of the bottle with practically the same result.

Between the rim B and the upper end of the neck a of the bottle is desirably inserted a packing-ring, O, constructed to make the connection between the two parts air-tight when the tube is inserted to its full depth.

The object of the construction described is to maintain a uniform depth .of mncilage at the bottom of the tube where the brush enters the same, and the connection between the tube and the vesselbeing air-tight it is obvious that if the tube Bis inserted in place the mucilage may be removed from the interior thereof until it isapproximately on a level with the bottom of the tube, the inucilage around the tube being upheld by the pressure of the air at a point near its original level, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 2.

The purpose of the particular construction described in the connection between thetube and the bottle is to enable the tube to be placed in the bottle without the entrance of any considerable quantity of liquid to the interior of the tube. This is accomplished by closing the upper end of said tube, so as to prevent the escape of air therefrom, either by the broad base of the thumb or by a suitable temporary stopper inserted therein during the time that the tube is being thrust downward into the liquid, and, in case ascrew-j oint is used, while it is being rotated to secure it in the bottle.

As a consequence of closing the tube in the manner described the liquid within the bottle will. riseexterior to the tube inserted thereready for use.

- v In replenishing the bottle constructed as above described the latter is not completely filled, it being necessary to leave space for the liquidto rise about the tube when the latter is inserted.

It is obvious from the construction above set forth that the liquid within the bottle where the brush enters it through the tube may be maintained at a suflicient depth only to properly moisten the brush, this depth being equal to or slightly greater than the distance of the bottom of the bottle below the lower end of the tube. As the liquid is used from the bottle the general level of the said liquid exterior to the tube is gradually lowered, the liquid being permitted to descend by the entrance of bubbles of air beneath the lower edge of the tube when portions of the liquid are removed by the brush, or at other times. When the level of the liquid reaches the bottom of the tube, the bottle may be again filled by the removal and reinsertion of the tube in the manner above described. If the interior of the tube shall-become clogged by an accumulation of driedmuoilage therein, the construction shown allows it to be conveniently cleaned without the danger of spilling the liquid or breaking 4o thexbottle, or mixing the hard substance removed with the contents of the bottle, since the tube may be readily removed for this purpose and again reinserted after it has been cleaned.

An important feature of the improved result obtained bythe use of the tube described arises from the fact that the mucilage within the tube is the only part thereof liable to become thickened by evaporation, and such thickened portion of the mucilage being the first removed by the brush, it will usually, in the ordinary use of the bottle, be removed as .rapidly as formed, and will not therefore become mixed with the remainder of the contents of the bottle.

The device herein shown constitutes one means of carryingout an invention claimed, broadly, in another application filed by me May 19, 1884. v

I claim as my invention- The combination, with avessel, A, of a separate rigid tube, B, secured in the mouth of the vessel by. a loosely-fitting screw-thread constructed to permit the escape of air between the vessel and the tube during the insertion of the latter, and provided with a laterally-projecting flange, B, andapacking,O, constructed to form an air-tight joint between the vessel and tube when the latter is inserted to its full depth, said tube having its lower end of a size to give passage to abrush, and terminating at a distance from the bottom of the vessel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. REDINGTON.

WVitnesses:

- M. E. DAYTON,

JEssE 00X, Jr. 

